FrancoAmerican Gravy: Family History & Stories from Upstate New York, Quebec and Acadia

Stories of family and ancestors who lived and worked in Cohoes (textile and garment workers, butchers and barbers), Waterford (canalers), Whitehall (farmers and canalers), Port Henry (iron miners and Civil War soldiers), Champlain (canalers and farmers) and other towns along the Champlain Canal in New York State with some diversions to the places they emigrated from....Quebec (landless farmers, shoemakers, sailors, soldiers), Acadia (more farmers), and even Cornwall, England (tin miners).

Friday, March 16, 2012

The Champlain Canal Along Wood Creek

Along Wood Creek in Washington County

Wood Creek is a historic waterway. General John Burgoyne moved his troops from Ticonderoga to Skenesborough (Whitehall) then south along Wood Creek to Fort Ann and Fort Edward. Lands along the creek became part of the Champlain Canal. Forebearers of Arthur Mylott owned land along the Wood Creek that was appropriated for the Champlain Canal